Definition of "sensitive" []

• Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses. (adjective)
• Responsive to external conditions or stimulation. (adjective)
• Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. (adjective)
• Quick to take offense; touchy. (adjective)
• Easily irritated: sensitive skin. (adjective)

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• "But, nonetheless, I'm sure that there are many stupid people who believe that the word sensitive translates into sissy."
• "Off the site that night, and through the next day, we did what they call sensitive site exploitation, and we did pick up quite a bit of stuff out of the house, the safe house there."
• "We've also organized some units to do this and embedded in other units, for example within some of our Special Operations units and some of our forward-operating units, the ability to do what we call sensitive site exploitation, the ability to go into a place, to examine it in detail with the right knowledge, with the right equipment, related to weapons of mass destruction."